Appalachian Mountain Dreams

To Market, To Market…

It looks like it will be a good weekend for the Farmer’s Market…Ray’s calling for a cool and overcast morning, so bundle up and enjoy…I wish I was in the hHigh Country to enjoy the day… Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be holding a Holiday Market on the Saturdays before and after Thanksgiving, November 22 and 29, from 10 until

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News From Grandfather Mountain

The news has been peculating through the internet all weekend and this announcement is from the Grandfather Mountain Website… Grandfather Mountain To Become A Not-For-Profit Company North Carolina Governor Mike Easley and Grandfather Mountain President Crae Morton today announced an agreement whereby the State of North Carolina will purchase approximately 2,600-acres of the Grandfather Mountain backcountry to become North Carolina’s

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Annual Elk Knob Headwaters Community Day held Sept. 13 » News Archive » Appalachian State University News

BOONE—The Annual Elk Knob Headwaters Community Day will be held Sept. 13 beginning at 11:45 a.m. at Elk Knob State Park. Billed as the region’s largest potluck, the event includes performances by local musicians, cultural demonstrations and activities, including hikes to the Elk Knob summit. Admission is a covered dish and attendees are encouraged to bring food items at 11:30

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Homegrown Tomatoes

Listening to The Gestalt Gardener this morning and during the break they played this song. I just loved the refrain… Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes, what would life be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes. John Denver Homegrown Tomatoes lyrics. If you haven’t caught Felder Rushing’s show, swing over and

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Localvore in the mountains…

Watauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local FarmersShoppers should have little trouble filling their grocery lists this week at either the Wednesday or the Saturday market. It’s enough to make my mouth water…Every trip we have made to the mountains has included a stop at the Farmers’ Market. It’s where we bought many of the vegetables we ate during

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Saturday in Boone

Watauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local Farmers Watauga County Farmers’ Market would like to thank everyone who visited the Wednesday market on opening day. We will continue to have a selection of local produce, plants and hand crafts on Wednesday mornings until the middle of September. Don and Roger Owens use their greenhouses and season extenders to provide

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